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dictator

dic.ta.tor \'dik-.ta-t-*r, dik-'ta-t-\ \'dik-.ta--tr*s, dik-'ta--\ n [L, 
   fr. dictatus] 1a: a person granted absolute emergency power; esp : one 
   appointed  by the senate of ancient Rome 1b: one enjoying complete 
   autocratic control; esp : a supreme somet imes autocratic arbiter 1c: one 
   ruling absolutely and often brutally and oppressively  2: one that dictates 
    - dic.ta.tress n